Losing NDP incumbents not a â€˜five-alarm fire,â€™ but cause for concern: strategists

By Samantha Wright AllenSep. 5, 2018

Seven NDP MPs will not be running for re-election, a number that is 'worrisome,' say some strategists, but not a sign people are jumping ship because of leader Jagmeet Singh.

The NDP raised $4.87-million in 2017, down from $5.42-million the year before and the lowest in the last seven years. Jagmeet Singh won the party's leadership late in the year, in October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The first-of-its-kind challenge of two 2014 rulings by the House Board of Internal Economy will set important legal precedent when it comes to the application and scope of parliamentary privilege protections in Canada.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau will likely release his much-awaited plan to help Canadian businesses affected by U.S. tax cuts as part of the fall economic update, but there's plenty more that could come out of it.